COZUMEL – Cozumel

COZUMEL – Cozumel

Cozumel is an island off the eastern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, opposite Playa del Carmen. Cozumel is a popular tourist destination renowned for its scuba diving.The island is about 48 km north-south and 16 km east-west, and is the largest island of Mexico. It is about 20 km from the mainland, and some 60 km south of Cancún. Nearly everybody in Cozumel lives in the town of San Miguel, which is on the western shore. The rest of the island is low, flat, and densely vegetated.Diving is still a primary draw, but Cozumel built a deepwater pier in the 1990s (causing some damage to the reefs) so that cruise ships could easily dock there, and it is now a regular stop on cruises in the Caribbean.